‘Thousands of appeals lodged by asylum seekers and foreign criminals attempting to remain in Britain will be fast tracked under proposals being brought forward by Liz Truss, the Justice Secretary.’
The Independent, 18th April 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘It has become a familiar moment in the aftermath of any catastrophe – the appearance of a slew of online fundraising pages designed to funnel donations for the traumatised, injured and bereaved.’
The Guardian, 17th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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‘The UK government has issued new guidance to help local authorities meet duties to check that people selling alcohol in licensed premises in England and Wales are entitled to work in the country.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th April 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A High Court judge has overturned a decision by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) to strike off a former partner of national law firm Bond Dickinson, because the distinction it drew between acting without integrity and being dishonest meant the whole case against him was flawed.’
Legal Futures, 13th April 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Lord Justice Jackson has chosen cost capping, rather than fixed costs, as the way forward for a voluntary pilot he hopes to introduce in the Mercantile Court, as the judge continues to investigate the possible extension of fixed recoverable costs.’
Litigation Futures, 13th April 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘In the White Paper published in February this year (“The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union” Cm 9417), the very first point made was that the “Great Repeal Bill” will “remove the European Communities Act 1972 from the statute book and convert the ‘acquis’ – the body of existing EU law – into domestic law”. It was said that “[t]his means that, wherever practical and appropriate, the same rules and laws will apply on the day after [the United Kingdom] leave[s] the EU as they did before”.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 12th April 2017
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘A terminally ill former lecturer has won the right to challenge the legal ban on assisted dying in the hope that he can end his life at home surrounded by his family.
The Guardian, 12th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has ruled against three leading newspaper groups over having to pay claimants’ success fees and after-the-event insurance under the pre-LASPO regime, saying that the media’s rights under the European Convention on Human Rights were not engaged as critically as the rights of those suing them.’
Litigation Futures, 11th April 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Teachers and social care staff did not show enough “professional curiosity” in a girl who died after years of abuse by her aunt, a serious case review said.’
BBC News, 13th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A factory worker has been jailed for four months for posting on Facebook a “sinister and menacing” threat to stab a Conservative MP to death.’
The Guardian, 12th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Daily Mail and Mail Online will pay damages to settle a libel claim brought against it by the US first lady Melania Trump over false claims about her work as a professional model.’
The Guardian, 12th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Many of you, I suspect, will be like me – you hear from clients, prospective clients, tenants etc., on a very frequent basis that in making a housing decision, or indeed in not making it, the council or housing association has ‘breached its duty of care’ to them.’
Nearly Legal, 11th April 2017
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A judge has been sacked for using a pseudonym to post abusive comments on a newspaper website about cases he was involved in.’
BBC News, 12th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Employment tribunal fees were ‘a barrier to victims seeking justice when they have suffered human rights abuses’, according to an influential group of MPs. The House of Commons’ joint committee on human rights have added their collective voice to the justice and equalities committees in calling on the Government to cut the charges introduced in 2013.’
Legal Voice, 11th April 2017
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘Lawyers should control the supply of “so-called standard electronic documents”, such as confidentiality deeds or contracts, a report has suggested.’
Legal Futures, 11th April 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Lancashire residents fighting to block a fracking site have said they are “truly dismayed” after losing a high court legal challenge.’
The Guardian, 12th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Whistleblowing charities and law firms have called for companies to offer more protection to workers who flag up internal problems after the chief executive of Barclays attempted to track down the author of anonymous letters.’
The Guardian, 11th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Today, BBC Devon carried the story “Strip ‘violent wine’ monks of charity status, say secularists“; this states: “monks who make Buckfast tonic wine linked to violent crime in Scotland should be stripped of charitable status…The National Secular Society says the beverage made at Buckfast Abbey in Devon is harmful. Buckfast Abbey Trust does not pay tax on the income because it is a charity, which the society claims is an;abuse of the charitable system’”.’
Law & Religion UK, 11th April 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
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